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Aptiii/14, 1800.] / T^ 345
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3retllopolitan Boahi) Of Works. A Bill T...
community at large have arrived at its present conviction , that ¦ conviction indisputably is , that a more ill-constituted governing body for local piirposes the . kingdom , does not contain ; anckthat aiessWelMible or safefac-tory account of ine ^ nrmg , ej ^ nclitur ^ lias seld ^ fieen presented to , the puUic / tha . i ^ i «^ h ^ iWu \ time ik time has been vouchsafed to us thereby- " \^ : Unhertliese circumstances , it may appftai ? somewhat extraordinary that a demand should be made from the Legislature ot vastl y additional powers . 2 yot content with the revenues already placed at their disposal , the members of the Central Itoard re ^ ure that several others should : be intrusted to them litevise . A \ ere - they popular without being efficient , or were they efficient without being pcipttbi-r , - these further dipp ings ntto the pockets of the public might he endured . As they are neither ; the- one nor . the ither , we trust they will be resisted as they deserve , Before any new prerogatives are conccded . to them , the mode of choosim > - these metropolitan , representatives ought certainly , to . be ¦ changed . We do not believe / that one : man out of : twenty whom they lax lias any . distinct ; concept ioii . of : bow they arc . chosen . We remember to have read , some time ago , perhaps , a paragraph in a : morning paper , ¦ . Mentioning that . ^ jr . So-aud-So having been agreed on ( when , where , or how not stated ) , by 1 ; hc ¦ ¦' . ¦ majority of the vestry of the parish in which he lives , toils , ; and : pays , and that therefore all other candidates have withdrawn ; ' hut what all this means ; , and in ; what way Mr . i ^ o-andr ¦ JSo . represents , him ' or his interests , he did not know , then , and he does not know how , mid . lie , never will know ; uutiL the end of time , The Metropolitan Board lias , in point of fact , been . put together oh what is caUed l > y courtieirs " The Albertiiie Systeni , ' , buT of compliment to his lioyal ¦ Jii gliiiess ; by whom it was nib * : ported from Germany . Everything ; in tliat country is managed by the indirect method of double , election . ; and . the ; result is : deemed so favourable to biireaucratic ; . asceiidancy , ; an'd the ^ complete domination of-the sirpr 0 hie e ^ ecutvye . Government , that .-it isnot wholly unaccountable how it . should happen to be . introduced here .. ' Lord GniiY , and other flatterers -of the « ourt , ( lo not hesitate to declare tliat the influence of the ; Groun has clnmnished , is diminishing , but oli-ht to be increased ¦;• and they well know that what they aim at cannot be effected without disaccustoming tho . people . ! ge / wirally to direct participation in . tlie management of their bwii nflVdrs . Tlfey urge , therefore , upon all occasions , the , withdrawal of power from popularly constituted bodies and- its delegation to irresponsible Boards , £ ! orp ovations , and Commissions ; and then , l > y way of making a show of respect for the bid free and Ku-lish . method of public choice , they vest the nomination of such bodies . in somtVothcH ' ohucil , Gom-mittee ., ¦¦ ¦ ¦ or Ca ^ bni : Tlw whole thing is ^ iirt and parcel of / one . ^ grent svstnii alike insidious and . subversive ; - niid , as : far as : tlie Metropblitah Board is concerned \ thiit non-representative system is now upon its trial . . V
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MAJOK VEiisrs MTNOl ^ , 1 p YKllYBOI ) Y has a fancy for finest spccmieiis- ^ pei-ljops even [ i of thunder , if he js at a ' safe distance , or within safeguard of a good conductor ; and everybody . ^ ay not have inet with so hue a Sample as the following-. Its echoes ore only to be eatrght in the Air distance of histpiy . X . o \ v ; the loud roar of Urn 1 apacy has dwindled to the childish treble of decrepitude ; its . jnin-. ¦ powder is of that white kind , tlie charcoal of which was said to be uiadc ! of ( lend men's cinders ( the Church of Koine coul I at one time furnish a good deal of such , charcoal ) , which went oil with the -, mildest possible explosion . But to our specimen : — " Mjiv the offondors never withdraw from tlio toeicty of Jyius , Caiaimuh , IIekok ,-awd PoN-rivs Tiwxr . M « y tliuv- pensh by the ciii-Kcp of . nnR < jl » ,. iuul experience 1 ho c <»»» iu > m « o « « 1 & atan in tlio porditioii of the flesh . . . » I « y inc . . nilo ctiles i , il »»« , lVd » cti (» nH , nm \ tcrrcHti'ial niftlodictions . , , If tl . oy nuiciid not , nor , in » k « Topavntion , mny they be curseel in the four qunrU'i-s . ot the world , WBod hi the c « st , iibnndoned in the wubt , interdicted in tho . noitli , struck by excouiwuhication' in the wmtli-j ¦ nrny they be cursea by ( lav « nd oxcomwunicated by iii « H , eursttl > n their houses una <> Jit of tlifir houses ^ fcxcoumiunk'iitcd } eiirsqd 'wlion they uro-uftout , and oxe < mimuuie . ated when they aro seated ; q . urised when tliey cut and cur . sud whon they drink , cursed when they sleep mwl-yseoin-DnuiiL-ntud whon they wiike ; cursed when they Work , and oxcomrtminuntiMl when they ondoavour to repose ; evirsca . m spvnifjr , mill oxcoimnunicafcecl in winter , cursed , iu sxunnior and exooinnuvniontocl in nutuinn , curbed in the prOHent , and oxoum » num < rutecl jn luluio aLres . May strangers sei ^ o ^ all their poods « jnay their wives ff «» to pordition , and % & iv chiWron porhh by the Mw » rd ; ¦" »* " 7 * . nuun « hn . ' e » t bo pursed ; may the reniuii . s ot their taW « » £ aceui'Hud , and may tlioso \ vliO UhIo of them be accused al o : may the prioHt who ishall oiler ttioin \\\ o body and Wood ol our ty . rd , m who ( alinll visit them in their illnoeu , be exnved and « j | fl ( inii « u » jc « ed : » nav all thoao be evirped wh « bluill carry them to the Hq . ulohre , oi 8 li ^ r * T 7 ri * cnil to bury them ; mav they , i ; i luio , bo cursoa -ana excoininilulcthcd by all possible inalodietums .
, This is onW a fragment of the bolt launched against Count . ' ^ i ^ i . tAXtbf Pi-ovencfi and Adklaidk Ihs mother , and extracted ,. . by s \ sMOxr > r , the historian ,, i ' mm Zes Pnurre-s d & rIff-i / o-ird . de la . \ folMiJc - Ki * MeHi " - ' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ .- ¦¦ . : .. x / st to recover from tlie effects of all this drendful cursing . ¦ -a + rfL swearin <> -, as Siiakkspeaue softens down the horror in ¦ Mn ch . tf . h by hitroduciiig the ¦ . ¦ ilelicatcness of the < -iir where the ¦ swallows build ; and tlie lovely site ,, of the Castle ; and as Vijjgii . carries you from the din of the forge where the sooty Cyclops of Ttjlcax are haininering the thunderbolts , out to the balmy air . and twittcrnig -birds of the niornihg— -so we tell the reader that \ ye have visited the reinains of the Abbey which was the cause of all these tremendous imprecations . JV . side a drowsy canal , which runs or rather passes between Xismes and the sea , not more than a morning ' s pilgrimage from the Maison C ' arree , and the glorious spring- 'that / issues . from the base of the Tounnagne hill . Is the original nest of the famous -Raymonds of Toulouse : the ' abbey church of St . Gilles still staiuls . in its sleepy little town , now scarcely more than a poor village , grey with centuries of the Languedoe " sun . AVheil we saw it , all nature . seemed- to be taking its midday sieefa , and we were glad to take cool refuge in the lower church—for it is double , the upper church on a level with the soil , and the lower co-extensive with it- —a huge subteiTanean cryptj its arched roof supported by short but enor- . mously massive pillars . . The stillness , sultry without , and . ( -lark . ; . . and spieimi within , contrasted strangely with all the passions which , centuries ago , its possession excited , ; and the curses ^ wlnch . it eiitiulexl on . its usurpers . And who was the curser ? Not by any means / one of the iiiightiest of those , - . -.. . . " Whorose like ;' . shadows between man and God , Till that eclipse' , still / hanging over heaven , ' ,: ; Was \ v 6 rshl ^ ' For the truei-suii it quenched . " ; It was / jB ^ ESKDieT the Eightli , only a minor thimderer ; irot a ( jhkoqky nor an Inn-gcknt . Fierce as they were , ; we think there is a tendency to overrate the actual eiiVc ' t of excommunications on those , against Ayhom they were launched , even in the most vigorous -days . of the , Papacy . ^ Ve need only cite : a very few instances out of many . It seems to have affected subjects " far more than princes them- selves , some of whom appear to have passed their lives in the pleasing alternations of getting cursed' and forgiven . r Ihey dreaded it niainly as it i ; avc eiieniies an excuse and ail opportunity for attack , and subjects a pretext for disobedience . Onr boldest priuees obeyed or disobeyed as it suited them . ;\\ tllijaim I . was glad of the justification qf Gkkcjouy for his attack upon Kiiglnncl , but w'ould allow of no internal interference when he wiv & once in possession . Joiik cowered before Innocent , but it was Inxocknt backed by-Prance '; and the two only successful expeditious in . JoUN ' s * reign , those agninst Wales and agtunst Ireland were imdorlsiken when he was actually under an interdict . 11 f-Nuy the Second of Kngland , and 11 knuy the Fourth of Germany , bowed to . tjie Tope only beoause he could hound on ,-mned aliens or revolted subjects against them . The \ : nietmns in Sir HKNHY AVotto . n ' s time defied him and his (• x < 'oininuriica-• lions on a mere question of mortmain . ( . 'irAiu . Bs «» " I ' llth . nnd tlie ainiy of the Constable Bouitisox blocked up a threatcniu » ' protesting Pope in the Cnstle of Augelo , till he esenped , fufly anticipating tlmt he and his place of rcl'ugd would be blown . tip ' togctlH-r , so jnuch more fovmidable were \ vhnl . 31 . i ; i > thras calls ¦ ' T ¦' ,,, ' i "Uimnswornbie baiTols Of gunpowder for ending quarrels , " limn any fuhn [ nations of the Papacy , Poniestie episcopnl excomnuniieatious fared no bettfr . "When Hknky the Third of England whs false to our great charter , " tlio bishops u * s ( mil > lc < l \\ M \\ tlie pcyiB , in prcaonco of the king , on the ¦ ¦ jinl ( hw of May , 125 ^ , in Westminster Hall , nii < l with Hic . inost ivrv \\\ c solemnities ex communicated , aniitlicmaf isffl , and rxpcsllort from the bosom oP the Catholic Ohurcli all transgiv ^ ors o ! tho ancient ; liberties of tho realm , ( .-specially of those which arc ron-Ininccl in the ( iroot C'lmrtor ; Whilst Hie sentence wn . s rending , the king held his hund on his heart will , a (/ aim and chwrlul . countenance . * When the prelates had , neeorcIn . K to xmm ^ thrown away their extinct mid-smoking tapers , Buying , ho let nil be extinguished n » d sink into tho pit ol hell who moiir Lib sentonco , ' tho king unsweml , ' So help u . o Ooi > , as I shall QbBrrvo and keep all \ hvw 1 hin K fl . «» l «»» ll ( ' ) » H Vi " .. "" S ! ' " n ! nm aknigbt , as I mn a king erownec -nntl "" runted Slio 1 . y afterwards lm trailed the . uh » U . nlltiir with w httlo r ^ iu'cUs tlu ; biirons « ho won I he Churl ( : r did tlio threat ol JoiiN . lu . brmg tlio rone nnd"his excoinmuninitionrt to lift iifrnmat Iln'iii .. _ The cflVct of eNeonununinitioti , indeed , in a purely rcligiouH
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Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1860, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14041860/page/5/
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